Ji-Li tells her parents about the Da-zi-bao that was written about her and they are very concerned so they make her stay home for a couple of days. When she finally returns, Ji-Li is chosen to be a Red Successor which is a big part for kids in the Cultural Revolution but one day she is called to go to a meeting with the other red successors. They start talking, and one of them brings up the fact that Ji-li has a landlord grandfather, which was a "four old." Now Ji-Li is picked on and put in a struggle meeting with her Red Successor classmates and she is critisized so harshly that she cries. Lastly, Ji-Li finds out that there would be no graduation.
Graduation
Ji-Li is told she does not have to study over the summer for there is no early exam test the next year that she has to take and all of the students will pass. The teachers will assighn kids to the school they think the student will do well in. As expected, Ji-Li gets into a better school even after she got rejected from the red successors. She ran to her friend, An-Yi’s house to tell her the good news and comfort her because of An-Yi’s previous asthma attack. Ji-Li and An-Yi prepared for going to the school of their dreams and bought their new lunch boxes until they heard a rumor that the teachers’ assignments to the schools were canceled. They heard right, students will be assigned to schools in their district. Another one of Ji-Li’s dreams is crushed. Ji-Li just doesn’t understand, she’s a great student and a great dancer but her family’s The black background is holding her back from what she really wants
The Sound of Drums and Gongs
The Red Guards searched through Old Lady Wong's apartment. If any four old items were found, they would be taken and destroyed. Things found in the searched homes that were four olds, were taken and transformed into useful things, that weren't four olds. Ji-yong, convinces Grandma to let Ji-Li and him take her to the clinic, for her arthuritus. They decide to go in the neighborhood pedicab, which you can take if have a sick family member. Ji-yong gets to drive, and didn't slow down, so Ji-Li and Ji-yun lost control of it. They end up getting to the clinic safely, which makes him boast to their mother when she gets home.
Red Succesors
Ji-Li tells her parents about the Da-zi-bao that was written about her and they are very concerned so they make her stay home for a couple of days. When she finally returns, Ji-Li is chosen to be a Red Successor which is a big part for kids in the Cultural Revolution but one day she is called to go to a meeting with the other red successors. They start talking, and one of them brings up the fact that Ji-li has a landlord grandfather, which was a "four old." Now Ji-Li is picked on and put in a struggle meeting with her Red Successor classmates and she is critisized so harshly that she cries. Lastly, Ji-Li finds out that there would be no graduation.
Graduation
Ji-Li is told she does not have to study over the summer for there is no early exam test the next year that she has to take and all of the students will pass. The teachers will assighn kids to the school they think the student will do well in. As expected, Ji-Li gets into a better school even after she got rejected from the red successors. She ran to her friend, An-Yi’s house to tell her the good news and comfort her because of An-Yi’s previous asthma attack. Ji-Li and An-Yi prepared for going to the school of their dreams and bought their new lunch boxes until they heard a rumor that the teachers’ assignments to the schools were canceled. They heard right, students will be assigned to schools in their district. Another one of Ji-Li’s dreams is crushed. Ji-Li just doesn’t understand, she’s a great student and a great dancer but her family’s The black background is holding her back from what she really wants
The Sound of Drums and Gongs
The Red Guards searched through Old Lady Wong's apartment. If any four old items were found, they would be taken and destroyed. Things found in the searched homes that were four olds, were taken and transformed into useful things, that weren't four olds. Ji-yong, convinces Grandma to let Ji-Li and him take her to the clinic, for her arthuritus. They decide to go in the neighborhood pedicab, which you can take if have a sick family member. Ji-yong gets to drive, and didn't slow down, so Ji-Li and Ji-yun lost control of it. They end up getting to the clinic safely, which makes him boast to their mother when she gets home.